---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse; clarify willful false claims of."
description: "Child abuse; clarify willful false claims of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1577"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1577 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary B", "Judiciary", "Division B"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felsher"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da69f48a-d006-40c4-aa2c-75cafd415bec"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/House_authors/Felsher.xml"
source_hash: "a2bdb35873e8e795896232a59b3e7522d144093b95da54b5f74f3da0ab738266"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi HB 1577 (2026) — Child abuse; clarify willful false claims of.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1577IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1577_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1577** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1577.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1577PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB1577_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1577CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1577SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Felsher — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary B `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division B `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da69f48a-d006-40c4-aa2c-75cafd415bec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).